Hi all
Every now and again, i get ask to run this or that query for some people one some wikimedia project, to make a TODO list, or gather some statistics. Usually, the queries are easy, and it's a matter of a couple of minutes to run them. Bit it's tricky for people who need such a query run to find someone to do it.
So, I propose we run a "Query Service" - there's a quick writeup on http://wiki.ts.wikimedia.org/view/Query_service, basically the idea is to have a project for this in JIRA, and a couple of users handling tickets people file there. Simple enough.
So, have a look, and if you would like to help out and run a query every now and then, get yourself added to the query-service group.
Not sure how much we should advertise this right now - if no one knows about it, it's pointless, but if we get too many requests and too little help, it's not going to work. Perhaps it'll work this way: only advertise it if you are willing to handle requests :)
-- Daniel